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H. B. FORBES. BREAST STRAP ATTACHMENT.

" Patente-d May 16, 1893.

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BREAST-STRAP ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 497,647, dated May 16,1893. l Application iiled July 28, 1892. Serial No. 441,437- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that 1, HORACE B. FORBES, of Ogden, in the county of WVeberand Territory ot' Utah, have invented a new and Improved HarnessAttachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in harnesses, and the object of myinvention is to may be applied to the breast-plate of an ordinary singleharness, and which will adapt the harness for use as a double harness.This obviates the necessity of keeping two sets of "harness, and enablestwo horses 4when provided with a single harness to be at once hitchedinto a .double rig, thus saving a good deal of time and the expense ofan extra harness, and moreover, the single harnesses pro-l vided with myimproved attachment are, for light work, as good as an ordinary doubleharness. y

To this end, my invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis speciication, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of my attachmentto a single harness and tothe pole of a vehicle; and Fig. 2 is anenlarged detail perspective View of the attachment when separatedfromthe harness. The attachment consists essentially of two lapping plates10 and 11, made of metal having suflicient strength, the plate 10 havingits free edge thinned and rounded slightly, as shown at 12, and made tofit snugly within. the bend 13 of the plate 11, and the latter plate hasan overlapping flap or extension 14, which lies against the face ot' theplate 10, and this i'lap at its reduced free end is perforated, as shownat 14, so as to receive the fixed hook or lug 14h, which projects fromthe plate 10. The breast-strap to which the plates are secured issevered at a point opposite the free end 12 of the plate 10. The plates10 and 11 have at their outer ends keepers 15, to which the straps 16 ofthe breast-plate 17 may be secured, and on the upper portion and nearthe outer ends of the plates are similar keepers 15, which are adaptedto receive the brace straps 16a of the breast-plate, these strapsextending upward in the usual Way over the shoulders of a horse, andthey serve to support the breast-plate. are provided with perforations17% which enable the plates to be firmly riveted to the breastplate.

Near the inner or free end of the plate 10 is a rigid,forwardly-extendingstaple 18, which projects through a slot 19 in theplate 11,and this staple is adapted to receive a snap hook 20, securedto one end of a pole-strap 21, which is of the usual kind and is securedin the ordinary way to a neck-yoke 22 carried by the pole 22a. Thesnap-hook is also adapted to receive the ring at thev upper end of themartingale strap 23. A swinging curved latch 24 is pivoted, as shown at25, to the plate 11, at one side of the slot 19, and this latch Theplates 10 and 1l is adapted to spring into the staple 18at'ter portionsof the breast-plate are firmly locked v together. It will be seen thatby throwing up the latch 24, the plate 11 may be disengaged from theplate 10, as after removing the latch, it is only necessary to push theplate 11 from off the hook 14h; but when the latch is in place, the twoplates and the two parts of the breast-plate are firmly united, and toconnect the harness with the neckyoke it is only necessary to apply thesnap hook 20 to the staple 18 and the pole strap 21 'of the neck-yoke.

Having ythus described my invention, I claimas new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A harness attachment of the character describedcomprising two overlapping and detachably connected plates adapted to besecured upon a breast strap, one of the plates being provided with aprojecting stapleor loop for connecting with a pole strap, substantiallyas described.

2. A harness attachment of the character described, comprising twooverlapping plates t with a staple projecting through the slot of l theouter plate, substantially as described.

3. A harness attachment, comprising two overlapping plates adapted to besecured to a breast strap, theinner plate being provided with a stapleand the outer plate with a slot through which the staple projects andwith a latch for engaging said staple, substantially as described.

4. A harness attachment of the character described, comprising a pair ofoverlapping plates adapted to be secured to the breast plate of aharness, one plate having a projecting lug and a projecting staplethereon, the second plate having a perforation to receive the lug and aslot to receive the staple, and a swinging latch pivoted on the secondplate and adapted to engage the staple, substantially as described.

5. A harness attachment of the character described, comprisinga pairoflapping plates adapted to be secured to the breast-plate of a harness,the outer plate having a bend therein to receive the end of theinner-plate, keepers produced on the end portions of the plates andadapted to receive adjacent harness straps, a projectinglug or hook anda projecting staple secured to the inner plate, a perforation and slotproduced in the outer plate and adapted to receive the hook and stapleof the inner plate, and a fastening latch pivoted on the outer plate andadapted to engage the staple of the inner plate, substantially asdescribed.

HORACE B. FORBES. Witnesses:

B. TERNES, L. B. BEST.

